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Lowe down
Anyone else remember this game? Derek allowed an infield single to start the game at Wrigley Field and retired 26 of the next 28 guys for a complete-game one-hitter. I'd sure love to see that tonight before a late night departure for Manhattan.
Jeff Kent's back is still tight so it's a similar lineup to last night but with Russell back in the lineup so no in-game interviews with him today!
Speaking of Russell, safe to say that I'm pretty surprised he's fourth in NL All-Star balloting. I'm fairly certain that putting on a full-bore campaign for him this year shouldn't be necessary. The country knows who he is…now it's up to Dodger fans to get out the vote up to 25 times each.
And, for all the Joe Beimel fans (and clearly there are many of you based on the Fans' Vote Bobblehead), there will be a live chat with the lefty next Tuesday, June 3 at 2 p.m. PT.
Game's on KCAL in Los Angeles, with the pregame show starting at 4:30 p.m. Larry Bowa will have his regular segment, plus plenty more from Eric Karros and Gary Miller. Here's the lineup:
Pierre, LF
Maza, 2B
Ethier, RF
Martin, C
Loney, 1B
Kemp, CF
DeWitt, 3B
Hu, SS
Lowe, P
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Me first…again.? We'll see how fast my fingers are. So how come Joe finally decides on a semi-set (how's that for an oxymoron) line-up that I just don't agree with?
Otis Redding…
Whiffin' in the mornin' sun
I'll be whiffin' when the ev'nin' come
Watching the pitch come in
The I'll watch go right by again, ooh
Sittin' on the dugout steps and grabbin' pine
I left my home in Frisco
Headed for that team in LA
Joe call out my name to PH now
But look like no production comin' my way, yeah
I'm just gonna sit on the dugout steps watchin the game slip away, ooh
Sittin' on the dugout steps and grabbin' pine
Looks like nuthin's gonna change
E'vry at bat still remains the same
Even Billingsley can do what I do
But I'm a vet'ran that ain't got no shame, just
Sittin' here restin' my bones
While my av'rage just makes people moan
Swing and miss three in a row
And when contact's made run way too slow, now
I'm just gonna sit on the dugout steps watchin' the game slip away, ooh
Sittin' on the dugout steps and grabbin' pi-i-i-i-ine
Just to shake it up:
no offense, Maza, but get LaRoche up here, NOW!!!
Unbelievably, Maza leads team in on-base percentage. I know that stat means little, given his few ABs, but if we want LaRoche, we can say bye bye to Hu. He needs to play every day. Umm, check that. He IS playing every day! Mercy…
Straight Outta L.A. a crazy mo-fo named Jo-Jo
Kent hits clean-up and Kemp will hit too low
JP is number 1 at bat
Whatcha think about that?
We don't have a C-F cuz Andruw is too fat
Straight Outta L.A. a team with inflated payroll
Is that Brett Tomko or that mo-fo D-lowe?
Nomar…Andruw…Jason Schmidt
On the DL with millions is where they sit
Straight Outta L.A. a G.M. called Ned
Signin' free agents that are next to dead
Ned says:
"We need experience" cuz numbers don't matter son
Get off the phone Ned we don't want Corey Patterson!
Why won't Joe start DY?
If Dodgers lose tonight perhaps we should dedicate tomorrow's blog to nothing but music in a beautiful, sensitive, melodic protest against, well…………….EVERYTHING. And given tonight's match-up (Zambrano vs. Lowe) perhaps I should get a head start on some Tommy Roe tunes?!?!?!?!?
very nice – enchanted!!
I am with you on the lineup change, kahli …
I really think Andre would do great in the 5 slot right now. He could either get knocked in by James or he can get some RBIs knocking in 3,4 or 5 batter. He's the most flexible hitter right now because it seems he can hit regardless of where he is in the lineup.
I probably just jinxed Andre into a 0-4 day – lol!!
Are we supposed to believe that Maza and Tiffee are better options than DY? Those guys are career minor league stiffs.
I can't stand our philosophy right now.
Torre blaming the young guys lack of patience for Monday's loss was total BS. De Witt, Loney DY, and Kemp all worked the count to their favor in that game and just came up empty is all.
Maybe it was bad luck, or good pitching but it wasn't a lack of freaking patience!!!
I really believe that the Dodgers need to start drafting some players with huge power upside. The biggest issue on this team is our lack of pop. It really forces us to execute perfectly on offense and defense if we're gonna win a game. Why is it that we haven't had any power-hitting studs since the Piazza-Mondesi-Karros days? I know that some of you will come back and say LaRoche has power potential but I don't think he's a 30+ HR guy. As much as I love Kemp's athleticism, he seems like a 20 HR guy with the potential for 30, Loney 15-20, Ethier 15-20, Martin 15-20. I could be wrong but this is what I see as of today.
Kent and Jones were supposed to be the pop – weren't they?
charris…here's a weird one. Baker, Garvey, Cey and Smith each hit 30+ home runs for the Dodgers exactly……once. And it was, of course, all in the same year…1977!
about the kids and homeruns – if you add up their potential homeruns, you are looking at 100+ (Dewitt has to be in the mix, too)
You only need those 35-40 HR guys when you play a bunch of weenies like Pierre….uh-oh…
I certainly did not remember the game Josh mentioned but I did look at the box score. If you guys don't like the line ups this season or last season, take a look at what the Dodgers put on the field for one game in 2005.
By the way, I loved the Piazza-Karros-Mondesi power as much as anyone but those teams never won a playoff game.
What do you guys think of that weirdo LaRussa sitting Ludwick at least once a week with his gaudy stats?? To top it off, they have a great record in spite of his lunacy!
Power's a problem, but Ned put all his eggs in one basket (a very fat, overpaid, worthless basket) and found out when he got home that all the eggs were broken. Had Jones even been able to perform at last year's pace, the pressure to produce comes off all the kids. He was also banking on Kent having one more year left in his old bag-o-bones, and that's going bust as well. Furcal was off to a great start, then he goes down. Its the story of Ned's tenure – nothing works out. Maybe a pinch hit wins a game or two – enter PVL Sweeney. Ned's solutions create bigger problems. Now the pressure's on the kids to produce at levels they probably won't attain for a couple more years.
Frank & Furter and the rest of the gang just need to accept this is a rebuilding year, get rid of the old guys for somemore prospects (and yes a power prospect or two wouldn't hurt), let have at it and see where we are at the end of the year before they start trying to upgrade.
IF…and that's a big if…the Dodgers brain trust allows these kids to stay put and play together, I think you'll have a really productive bunch of high-average, line drive hitters with 20+ home run potential any given season. That group would include Martin, Kemp, Loney, Ethier, and DeWitt, with LaRoche and Repko not far behind. But I'll but this whole blog a beer if all seven are Dodgers five years down the line.
kahli, unfortunately, that "if" needs to be a lot bigger – lol!
Scott, we don't believe it, but unfortunately for the team Joe does.
I remember Lowe's 1 hitter on Aug 31 2005, mainly because I was there.
It was my first trip to Chicago & Wrigley Field.
I know this is hard to believe but I also was at Fenway Park in 2002 when he pitched a no-hitter, for the Red Sox, also on my first trip to there.
Let's just hope tonight we can avoid the sweep.
LMAO E, Eric, Charris, and Jungar. Good songs. Good job guys.
Good for you PierreEW. I hope you get to watch a great Lowe performance again tonight. I have a feeling we are going to need it.
I personally like the mention of Andre being the hottest hitter on the team right now – that was sweet!! 9/17 in the last 4 games – nice!!
Oooh. My leetle a Juanpy isa battin a lead-offa agin tonite-a. Dat nice-a Ned man tell dat nice=a Joe to let heem playa wita da big boys. Nowa watcha heem runa…
Here we go with the inexperience talk again – give me a break!!
Mama, he doesn't need to run, he's got 4 balls.
Walk-a proud Juanpy, walk-a proud!!! LOL
OKa Juanpy! Whosa gotta da potty mouta? My Juanpy isa da nice-a boy. See howa he stay ona first so dat nice-a Carlos coulda getta de doubleplay!!
When you think only of Ludwick and his stats thus far this year, sitting him does seem a little crazy. But the Cards also have Rick Ankiel and Skip Schumkaer who are producing very well along with Chirs Duncan who has been a bit of a disappointment so far this season but who has better career stats than Ludwick. In short the Cards have four very productive outfielders. All are between 27(Duncan) and 29 (Ludwick).
Most teams with this kind of problem might make a first baseman out of one of the four, but the Cardinals have this dude Albert Pujols over there. How about third base? Troy Glaus is pretty darn good when healthy.
My Juanpy isa always da healty!
You're right jhall, we need a lot.
Well, so far it looks like the sinker is working.
New nickname for Pierre batting leading off – The Anchor™
Juan Pierre striking out – what's the world coming to – lol!
So far no RISP left. we're doin' O.K. LOL
So far it's much better than last night – let's go boys!!
Nice catch earlier by Pierre!
I would love too see Big Z take out Kemp.
Great eye Dewitt.
there's a way to get a run – nice at bat Blake!!!
Urgh sent Hu down Ned.
WE SCORE thanks to a great AB by DeWitt.
Hu was to anxious against a wild Zambrano.
ESPN is all for the Cubs.
Keep it going Lowe.
We are hanging tough – keep it up boys!!!
Anyone know anything new on Furcal's status?
from dodgers website
However, there was no indication when disabled shortstop Rafael Furcal will return. He's progressing slowly from a lower back or disk problem that has already cost him 17 games, and manager Joe Torre said he hadn't heard anything to indicate — and is not expecting — Furcal will be ready to play when the Dodgers open their next homestand Monday night.
LOWE look good in the 5th, with help from a JP web gem.
Lowe is looking fantastic right now –
Nice walk by Andre, and I just heard the DP – sucks!!
Thanks. I'm just tired of Hu not doing much on offense.
Another nice 6 innings from LOWE.
And now to the 7th.
Come on guys Zambrano isn't having that good a night.
Let him pitch.
I cant stand this **** Brenly. Everytime Kemp gets on base he brings up the same crap. He is really raw, gets distracted on the bases. Makes mistakes…blah, blah. blah
I hate to say this but Hu looks desparate at the plate.
He'll only take a pitch that's far from the plate.
What's Lowe's pitch count? Will he pitch the 8th?
This game is so LOWE typical, when he's on.
What makes it typical is that his opponent seems equal to the task and the Bums have trouble scoring.
LET'S GO Guys.
1 to 0 Giants
And the beat goes on.
That was an absolutely incredible pitch by Zambrano. Kemp was fooled by an unhittable pitch.
I Think the count is 91 for LOWE.
Quality inning by Brox.
Strike out the side. Way to go
I thought Manny Ramirez was going to be up all night.
Nice to hear about BROXTON's 8th .
Missed the entire inning watching Manny.
You know a pitcher's wild when he walks Sweeney.
2 TO 0 Giants
The Anchor™
Here we go again.
It's all up to SAITO.
We're use to it by now—–RIGHT?
The Mets are in extra innings. Maybe they will be tired tomorrow.
If its not one thing its another…
Grittle did it all the time too, but when Brox is pitching lights out, why not let him go two?
Whew!! Free baseball.
You better get use to it.
What a surprise. Just got home from scouts, only to see the Dodgers have a 1 run lead and blow it again. Lowe has gotta be upset that the bats don't show up for him yet again. The bats only show up for him when he doesn't show up.
Ethier's got to protect the plate better…
This is why Torre absolutely stinks as a Manager.
Why the Hell did Broxton come out of this game? How many more LA hitters are going to look at a called third strike. Where's our hitting in the clutch. It's going to be a long , long, long long season…
Sit Loney down for a couple of day and let Tiffee started.
I hate the Cubs and their stupid preppy fans…
I think we will see a lot of games like this since our starters are pitching a lot better with the lack of offense.
We're going to have to give them some support.
Maybe because Broxton spot was coming up 2nd. Did you forget Broxton pitch alot of pitches last night. Torre never had this problem with Chamberlain in the 8th and Rivera 9th not Torre fault at all.
We need to bring up Laroche and send down Hu to get some more experience and release Weenie. Where's the balls in management??
Well, this games over. We blow another one. Face it, our pitching stinks, our hitting lacks big time..
that one hurts
DODGERS……..You're going to have to come to New York to face a hungry Mets team.
I'll see you there on Saturday & Sunday night.
That's it. In 3 games, we scored the total of 3 runs. WOW…
I said it before and I'll say it again, Torre stinks as a manager.
We can't score runs, We can't hold a lead. This is the best game Lowe has pitched all year and it's Torre's fault we lost this game.
Brox was hot and he took him out. Big Big mistake.
That's the way the cookie crumbles, boblee 14
Guess tonight it was a fortune cookie. LOL
We lose because we don't score runs.
Why that is I don't know.
I feel it's that we are not ready to face major league pitching yet.***Not as a team.
WE"LL GET THERE if we stick to the plan.
Got to keep trying, it's a tough grind***DON"T GIVE UP
We're playing our worst offensive baseball, we don't have Furcal, LaRoche sits in Vegas and we still at the end of the day will sit only 3 1/2 back. Blame the offense, not the pitching. They ALL stink right now. ALL OF THEM. This offense will turn around, it's contagious. They will all break out real soon. Relax.
think long run boys… it was a great start by lowe today. we're gonna need him to pitch like this all year.
Doesn't matter if he was hot he pitch 24 pitchers last night and 13 tonight and he suppose to be our set up man and goes 1 innings not 2 innings. No managers would ever let a pitchers pitch 2 straight innings when the prior games he threw 20+. This lost goes to our pathetic offense and with risp when we didnt we have many..
We need Furcal back and Kent back at 2nd, bat Russell 2nd, bat Ethier 3rd, Kent 4th, Loney 5th, Kemp 6th, Dewitt 7th, the pitcher 8th and Pierre 9th. It works for the Cardinals……….
I personally will be surprised if Hu is not optioned for LaRoche by tomorrow, but I guarantee he'll be up by Monday.
Maybe the reason Grady did it is because the pitcher spot was coming up and mostly it when its a tied game or extra inning. It work for the Cardinals doesn't mean it work here. Kent is a joke batting 2nd maybe Kent batting 3rd would be ok.
You can tell that Hu is not ready for the big leagues yet. Let Laroche play 3rd and Dewitt play 2nd when Kent needs to sit. Otherwise let Dewitt play third till Laroche shows he can do better.
Like i said early today, lead off walks kill.
So it is what it is now.
But i do agree that Hu is in a terrible slump, they need to play maza at short and give someone else a chance. But Hu needs to sit. He came up a few times today with people on base and did not hit. Not to mention he is not hitting the ball hard at all. I really don't know what is going on, with our club.
Let's go Giants, beat up on Arizona.
oops I mean wasn't coming up. What do you want? To fire Torre and resigned Grady again. Oh where is Jim Tracy at?
I didn't say Kent batting 2nd, but back at 2nd base but batting 4th. He will get it going. He wants a ring bad.
I wouldn't mind seeing Young at 2nd base but didn't he have a lot of trouble playing that position.
I'm sorry, Torre has never impressed me as a National league manager. I hope I have to eat those words before the season is over. We'll see………..
Well you had Furcal and Kent maybe I should've read that more clearly.
That's ok shad, It's late in Saint Louis, and I'm tired. Talk to you guys later……
Figured out a great way to endure this season. After watching Saito implode in the 9th, as well as our offense in the 10th, I took the dogs for a walk and when I returned…PRESTO! No pain, no agony, no heartbreak. Just the inevitable ESPN2 ticker telling the sad tale. Gang, we can't pin this on Torre for using his closer in the 9th. That's what baseball teams do. The same Broxton some of you are clamoring for is the same guy who lost the game last night. As pierreseast said, that's the way the cookie crumbles. D-Backs obviously aren't going anywhere fast. Check the standings in August and enjoy the sorry ride. Let the music begin. Tommy Roe, anyone?
"Dodgers' INF Tony Abreu underwent arthroscopic surgery on his right hip Wednesday in Colorado. He will be out at least three months."
I'm not trying to started an arguement Bob but I still hate blaming the manager for us losing but let say if Broxton did pitch another inning and got the save he probably won't be avaliable by tomorrow. Oh god I don't want to heard that about Abreu maybe Kobe can played SS when the basketball playoff are done hahaha.
Well I guess you were talking about past history when he was the manager of the Cardinals, Mets and Braves. Oh you're from St Louis so I guess that why you don't like him. I would give him at least the end of the year too see how far we get before I make judgement on him.
Hey, Joe, have you ever heard of a ball player named Delwyn Young? He's on your team and he's a good hitter and you need good hitting. So why in the world don't you give him a chance?? Pierre leading off and playing LF is not winning games for you. Why don't you give Young a chance????? Put him in LF and see what happens. It's JP's turn for some bench time anyway.
friggin bums. the dodgers slug about the same as a group of 8 year old asian girls.
Let's look at the bright side of things.
The Dodgers are only 3.5 games out of first (after SF wins tonight), playing with a line-up, that has an average age of roughly 23.5 years, most with 3 years or less of MLB experience . . . and they are still competing with the Cubs and the Cards (who have two of the best records in the NL).
Starting Pitching is not doing bad at all, and the last two games should have been won. Period. YES, the offense is stinking the place up right now, but hitting is contagious. One person gets in a slump, and the rest of the team starts feeling the vibe in the club house, and they all go down the tubes.
The last six games, the offense is averaging 1.33 runs per game. But the pitching is only giving up an average of 2.5 Runs Per Game (not a bad ERA).
My point is, the bats will turn around. If the opposite were happening (and the bats were hot, and the pitching stunk), the situation would be a lot different. Pitching wins championships. Right now the bats are as bad as Pedro Cerrano in Major League, before he said " I say,***** you Jobu", but that can all change quickly, and the team can catch fire any day.
It's a long season, don't give up on the kids just yet. The bats will get better. They just may need to sacrifice a few chickens in the clubhouse pretty soon.
Added Notes:
– Torre lost the game tonight. Why you don't walk Sorianno (arguably their best hitter), to set up the double play with one out, is beyond me????
– Why can anybody besides Dewitt do anything with the bases loaded? He walked in an RBI tonight, and is 6-7 for the season with 13 RBIs. No one else on the team is anywhere near that mark in the clutch.
– The Veterans have abandoned ship . . . and the club house is obviously in need of a leader. Who will step up?
– Roster moves should be made, but don't expect a miracle. Hu should be down, Sweeny should be cut . . . but LaRoche is only hitting .282 in Vegas and .226 in his last ten (Granted he had 5 RBIs last night, but last week went on a 6 game hitless streak) . Is that the solution? Who knows?
– They could start trading some of this young talent for some solid Veterans??? But that won't help two years from now.
Again, Long Season, don't give up quite yet. Not even June.
I can't blame this one on Joe. He's putting the best offensive/defensive lineup out there that he's got, plus his closer in the 9th. Lowe can pitch a no-hitter for all I care, we scored tonight of a walked in run. If we don't start hitting the ball, we will lose every game.
My only suggestion is for JoJo to maybe start with squaring up a T-ball stand at the plate tomorrow…maybe some soft toss against the OF wall? Its clear the boys aren't ready for machine pitch, let alone a human being.
Although Andy LaRoche is being tested all over the infield at Triple-A Las Vegas, DeWitt has a full Minor League season at second base and said he would have no problem returning to the position if the situation arose and LaRoche returned to play third base.
Tampa Bay has the best record in the majors.
bright side: the team ERA in this series was 1.98.
2 sides to the coin…dark side is that the 'pen blew two games we easily could have closed out…not to mention a pathetic offensive series.
The Eagles …
Nedsterado, why don't you come to your senses?
You've been out signing veterans
For too long now
Oh, you're a dumb one
What could be your reasons?
The PVLs pleasing you
Can hurt you somehow
Don't you sign another oldster
He'll hurt you if he's able
You know that Logan's system
Is always your best bet
Now it seems to me some fine kids
Have been laid upon your roster
But you only want any retread you can get
Nedsterado, you ain't gettin' no smarter
Your brain and your blunders
They're driving me crazy
And winning, oh winning, well that's just other GMs talkin'
Your prison is walking through this world with JoJo
Don't your feet get cold about game time?
The vets can't play and the studs ride pine
Is it hard to understand OBP?
You're losing all your credibility
While asting youthful ability
It ain't funny how I feel every day
Nedsterado, why don't you come to your senses?
Or Frank will send you packing
Back to Golden Gate
You've got some 'splainin to do
But there's a rainbow right in front of you
You better let these youngsters save you …
You better let these youngsters save you …
You better let these youngsters save you …
Before it's too late
dnellie, you asked for one more………and in the spirit of bucking up the spirits of the team………
Hey kids, shake it loose together
Your hitting is contagious
keep your heads up, get your hacks in
We'll get our share of victories
So stick around
You're gonna hear some big applause
And get your curtain calls
Say, Frankie and Jamie, have you seen them yet
But they're so spaced out,
N-N-N-N-N-N-N-Neddie and the Vets
Oh but they're weird and incompetent
And Joey doesn't have a clue
He still sends Sweeney up to try to hit
You know I saw it on ESPN
N-N-N-N-N-N-N-Neddie and the Vets
Hey, it's late. Waddaya want?
Someone said up there that our pitching stinks. I beg to differ. A break here or there and it changes around in a hurry. Loney just missed a slam by a foot in the first game. If Saito gets his foot on the bag tonight, the sac fly is the game's last out and we will 1-0 and take two of three. It's baseball. Our kids can come around. It's still early and they're getting a lot of playing time with the PVLs going down.
MLK, that's awesome! "You've got some 'splainin to do" LMAO!!!
Thanks DE, just trying to hang with you guys.
N-N-N-N-N-Neddie and the Vets
Well, it's time to turn it around with this Mets series. Our saving grace is the D'backs are not playing any better than us right now.
Torre needs to start DY at 2nd base if Kent is going to be out any more games and lets see why the hell we are keeping DY on the 25 man roster if we are not going to use him except fro trade bait. This guy has proved he can hit in every league he's been in and why would he quit now. Let him play for Gods sake.
Come on Torre, wake up and do what every wannabe manager on this site would do if in your shoes and git rid of Mark Sweeney and let Dy be the pinch hitter if you're not going to play him as a position player.
Good stuff ML & Eric!!!
Broadening our musical repertroire, Dionne Warwick:
What did we get when Frank hired Ned?
Old PVLs that turned to rubble
Free agents too that burst our bubble
I'd never hire Ned again-a-a-en
I'd never hire Ned again
What did we get when Frank hired Joe?
An old folksy guy that favors vet'rans
That have to go down 'fore he lets the kids in
I'd never hire Joe again-a-a-en
Dontcha know that I'd never hire Joe again?
Don't fault the kids that don't win
'cause they'll get there if you keep your patience now
Away with those old farts, Ned and Joe the Clown
We're on our way up 'cause we can't go much further down
What would we get if we hired White?
We'd get a great guy that knows his talent
Wouldn't be long til all the vets went
I'd never hire Ned again-a-a-en
No, no, I'd never hire Ned a-gain
Enchanted, you are still the master! DIONNE WARWICK!!!! Where do we go from here? I'm almost afraid to ask!
LMAO already this morning. Super stuff ML, Eric, and E. You guys are getting an early start. LOL
By request for Kahli, Tommy Roe – Dizzy (my apologies kahli – I pretty much remember the chorus melody but not the verse. Its metered out syllable for syllable though):
Vet'rans, Ned gets us vet'rans
Like a cesspool it never ends
And it's you Joe lettin' 'em play
You're making us lousy
First time that Frank saw you Joe, he knew that he just had to make you ours
But it's so hard to talk to you with the words you spin ' round you all the time
Now you are Frank's own sweet pet, but you keep playing all the vets
We keep going back-a-wards all the time
Vet'rans, Ned gets us vet'rans
Like a cesspool it never ends
And it's you Joe lettin' 'em play
You're making us lousy
Well finally the kids got to play and now you're telling us losing's their fault
That they all have no patience unlike the veterans who fall all apart
Joe you've got control of the team now, but you're too old to see
That the old P-V-L's aren't what we need
Vet'rans, Ned gets us vet'rans
Like a cesspool it never ends
And it's you Joe lettin' 'em play
You're making us lousy
Our hopes are dimmin'
Like a whirlpool they go down the drain
And it's you Joe making us pay
You're making us lousy
You're making us lousy
Thanks, eric – that was fabulous! One of my favortites!
I can see we are off to a very creative start boys 🙂
Didn't get to watch the entire game -anniversary stuff!!
Very tough loss – I am assuming more growing pains.
However, two days in a row I have to cheer on the gnats – not fair!!
I did have time to do a few songs. I had Beatles songs stuck in my head, but after the first one, I was able to do two that were not Beatles. I will send Beatles first (it's the nicer of the three), and then throughout the day – I will send the other two (not enough time to type all three). Thanks for the inspiration!!! Here it goes:
Beatles "Good Day Sunshine" – "Let's Go Dodgers"
Let's go Dodgers
Let's go Dodgers
Let's go Dodgers
We need a hit and when the boys are up
We've got something we can cheer about
We sure know that it will be okay
If we keep going the youthful way
Let's go Dodgers
Let's go Dodgers
Let's go Dodgers
They take the field, the game is on the line
Gloves those balls as they hit the ground
Let's go Dodgers
Let's go Dodgers
Let's go Dodgers
If we stay with Kemp and Loney
Eth-ier and Blake and Marty
Youth is good, we the,yre doing fine
Someday soon, they are going to shine
Let's go Dodgers
Let's go Dodgers
Let's go Dodgers
Up next – Maroon 5 🙂
Woo-Hoo Nelly. Good job. Welcome to the deep end. Way to go E!! I guess its good when a tough loss and getting swept in a series leaves us singing. Like PierreEW points out, its a long season and we got some growing to do but we're still in the hunt despite medicre to poor play. Things will get better. Encouraging to hear DeWitt is OK with playing 2nd and has a year of 2nd in the minors. I would like to see him or DY get some reps there.
Well, last night I said if we lose again we should dedicate the blog to music in melodic protest today. Enchanted has already run with Tommy Roe. "Like a cesspool it never ends" indeed! Can't really blame Ned today. The kids are playing…and the kids are losing. Bear up, things will get better. Hey, if DeWitt can play second and LaRoche third, let's do it!
So………….not sure who wrote it, many recorded it, but it found its way into my head in the shower this morning. Guess I should wear earplugs from now on to stop such audio atrocities.
"Lord, I'm one, Lord, I'm two, Lord, I'm three, Lord, I'm four,
Lord, I'm a .500 team and nothing more.
Nothing more, nothing more, nothing more, nothing more,
Lord, I'm a .500 team and nothing more."
Bring up LaRoche and DFA Sweeney now!!!!
Dnellie, that was GREAT! As jhall and/or enchanted would say, "you've crossed over to the dark side" ™
If I may be so bold, I'd like to alter one of your lines, ever-so-slightly: "Gloves those balls ere they hit the ground". We want 'em to catch 'em!
Now, now, jhall. Don't be so impatient with Sweeney. Why dump him just after he established a new moniker: "The Sweeney Line". Under .100! How Low Can He Go?
LOL Eric. Your right. Why would we DFA Sweeney. What am I thinking.
Father Time is taking care of the business Ned refuses to address. The "elders" have fallen and will continue to fall. Was weird reading Saito's take on how he's not getting any younger and his biggest fear is not so much giving up hits but, rather, shying away from confrontation (as in walking hitters)…and that was BEFORE the game last night. Self full filling prophesies…like worrying about a hitting a golf ball OB…and then immediately doing so.
Amazing that we're still only 3 and a half games out considering our losses to the Cards and Cubs. If our bats can heat up for the Mets, we could still come home in reasonable shape. I'm glad that our young guys are getting their playing time, and they will turn around. Certain things, however, should be clear by now, and time won't change them.
Hu is not ready for the majors, even though he's had every opportunity to get adjusted. It doesn't make sense to insert Maza at short, because he's destined at best to be only a utility man. But, DeJesus is batting a reasonable .306 at Jax, and I don't know why he's not getting the chance to spell Furcal, especially if Furcal's absence is going to be longer than just this week.
The decision on Sweeney is clear to absolutely everyone on this forum, so he just needs to be GONE NOW.
It's good to hear that DeWitt could be an answer for second base, but in the meantime we should be trying DY there if but for a few games. Either find him a spot on the field, or let him go somewhere else; otherwise, his status with the team is really untennable.
Now, let's go out and take the series from the Mets – they're not half as formidable as the Cards and Cubs.
White Rabbit – Jefferson Airplane
One vet brings you power
And one vet throws the ball
And the ones that Neddy gets us
Don't do anything at all
Go ask Nomore
Who's hit a brick wall
And if you go chasing pop-ups
And you know they're going to fall
Get 'em a Furcal as a shortstop
Who can't answer the call
Recall Neddy
Who's returns are so small
When men playing second
Come in and tell you when they'll play
And you've hired an old pinch hitter
Who's bat moves way too slow
Go ask Neddy
And he won't know
When JoJo throws out all logic
And has Slappy leading off
And the kids are going backwards
And the team is left for dead
Remember what the blogs all said;
Look…what can we expect when we play a JV lineup against the big boys???…anybody else frustrated that the Dodgers are always at the bottom of the home run list and NEVER have a lineup with sluggers…why is that?…Certainly it existed before the stupid acquisition of Andruw…I am totally embarrassed by what we put on the field…and if HU is the heir apparent to anything we're in trouble…just what we need a defensive specialist that can't HIT a baseball…we have enough of those….Let DeWitt play 2nd and get LaRoche or Tiffee at 3rd…..for the first time in years I CANNOT WATCH THE DODGERS….unless you like to watch paint dry…..now Saito blows a great game by Lowe….it's always something…..
If Ned isn't gone by the end of the year, the Dodgers are doomed for a very long time..
Uncle Ned/Manager Torre©
Your so sorry, Uncle Ned.
Your so sorry cause you haven't got, a brain.
Your so sorry, Uncle Ned.
But there's a player out in left.
And he really is a pain.
Your so sorry cause old vets block the young guys play.
Your so sorry, Uncle Ned.
But with you here I am sure there'll be no rings.
Your so sorry, Uncle Ned.
Cause when Phew's mom calls you let him play.
Your so sorry, Uncle Ned.
But the kids are on the rise and their so easily held at bay.
Ned's in the front office. (office).
Heads up in his a**.
Ned's in the front office. (office).
Heads up in his a**.
Manager Torre mystifies me.
Makes out funny lineups, the logic we can't see.
A no arm left fielder and center Jelly Roll.
(The Jelly couldn't hit so he bats in the 2 hole).
Ned's in the front office. (office).
Heads up in his a**.
Ned's in the front office. (office).
Head's up in his a**.
Play the kids and be progressive.
Dump the vets (vets).
Get your head out of your a**.
Play the kids and dump the vets.
Play the kids and be progressive.
Dump the vets (vets).
Get your head out of your a**.
Play the kids and dump the vets.
Ned's in the front office. (office).
Heads up in his a**.
Ned's in the front office. (office).
Heads up in his a**.
Ooo…………moron, Ooo…Ooo……….
Sweet E!! Ned must have taken some kind of mushroom. LOL
jhall and enchanted, you're making it hard to get any work done…………..LMAO!!!!!!
Looking at on-base percentage this morning. Of the players who are actually playing right now, here we go:
Martin: .423
Maza: .407
Ethier: .375
DeWitt: .369
Kemp: .366
Pierre: .345
Loney: .326
Hu: .240
As for runs scored (that is the payoff window, isn't it?) Ethier, Kemp, Martin, Loney and DeWitt all have over 20. Pierre has scored 19. And every one of those five has a higher BA than Pierre. Question to Joe: Who's your lead-off hitter?
E-man. Its so funny you did White Rabbit. I started a rough draft of it yesterday but wasn't in the right frame of mind to get it done. Yours is great.
Kahli, it makes no sense. Actually Marty is the best choice to leadoff. He is also the best choice to bat cleanup. When Kent plays you know he will hit cleanup, so leadoff Marty.
Unfortunately eric, its like shooting fish in a barrel with this regime.
Good one jhall!!
I guess I actually should get some work done now…
eric, that was the hardest line to do – thanks. I originally had names in place of "Let's go Dodgers", and I was trying to match up the blake, james and delwynn (or andy) in their fielding double plays.
Maroon 5 "wake up call" – "Wake Up Ned"
Wake up Ned
Can't you see the writing
With another laid up vet
Don't you care about youth anymore
Don't you care about youth, we don't think so
Next to fall
Pierre (or favorite PVL) without warning
Another laid up vet
He won't come around here anymore
He won't come around here – We don't think so
next up: Oingo Boingo
Last night's game was a tough one to watch. I despise Cub fans and everything Cubs. How come everytime they pan the crowd at Wrigley it's the same shot? Preppie college kids, all loaded with two cups of beer in their hands. The only good thing is the summertime when there are plenty of young college broads in the crowd. But I digress.
The starting pitching after struggling has been phenomenal. Over the last 8 games the entire pitching staff has an ERA of 2.14, OBA of .209 and a WHIP of 1.06. You cant ask for anything more than that. Unfortunately, the club record is 3-5 during the span. It seems when one aspect of the team gets going another goes in the tank. Though not an issue really in the series against the Cubs, the team has been behind after 2 innings in 17 games out of 52 and a lot of times more than a run. That seems like quite a high percentage of games to be trailing that often and that early. I think we all feel confident that Broxton/Saito will shut down the vast majority of games and is one of the best setup/closer combos in all of MLB. Last night was just one of the few times it wasn't locked down. If there is anyone to blame for the losses in Chicago, it is clearly the offense. We all clamored for the kids to play. Well this is what is going to happen. Tough losses, errors in big spots, lack of situational hitting, etc. It's part of the process. Take a look at the big picture, only 3.5 out, when it could be 8 or more. How would you like to be a Rockies fan? World Series last year, now 13 games under and 10 games out. Hope everyone gets healthy, the "kids" get it together and we're within striking distance 6 weeks out.
enchanted and jhall – you are on a roll again – fantastic!!!
Way to go Nelly. You are now touched.
enchanted, I kept thinking about all the pianos falling, and I couldn't stop laughing to the point of crying – I will probably go to h*ll for this one, but it was worth it!!
Oingo Boingo "Dead Man's Party" – "Dead Vet's Party"
Ned's all dressed up with nowhere to go
Walkin' with a dead vet over his shoulder
Ned's waiting for an invitation to arrive
Ned's going to a party where no vets are alive
(favorite PVL) was struck by lightening
walking down the street
(favorite PVL) was hit by something
last night in his sleep
It's a dead vet's party
Who could ask for more
All vets are coming
leave your bat and glove at the door
leave your bat and glove at the door
Ned go away, so we can see
Don't be afraid of what youth can be
Ned go away, so we can see
Don't be afraid of what youth can be
This is kind of fun – you are all too inspiring!
holy crap, dnel! GO TO THE HEAD OF THE CLASS!!!!!!!!!
Thanks eric, but I will gladly sit at the back of this particular class – you all are just too good 🙂
"Hello, Frank? This is Ned."
"Yes, Ned. What can I do for you?"
"Have you seen the blog? They're all turning on me, making up disparaging songs about me…"
"Disparaging? What's that mean? And what kind of songs?"
"What difference does it make? Songs."
"Dirty songs?"
"NO! NOT DIRTY SONGS! Just songs. They're insulting me, questioning my every move, my vision for the future…trades, personnel, transactions. You name it."
"So how does it work?"
"What do you mean, how does it work? It works, that's all. They take lyrics and change them around, trying to be funny…and at my expense!"
"So you mean, like, instead of singing 'Somewhere over the Rainbow,' they sing "Some Ned, over rated' instead. Something like that?"
"Yeah. kind of. But they do it better…"
"Hey, what about this one? Remember Sinatra? 'That's why Neddy makes me cramp…'"
"Never mind…" Click.
Bravo Nelly!! I knew you had it in you. Now when you sing in the shower or car, you will be thinking of songs to change around. Its addictive. LOL Kahli. I would love to see Ned's face if/when he reads this stuff.
That's funny, kahli! I think most of us have had that image in our heads lately!
jhall, you're so right about this being addictive. But it's also educational. I've learned how to type while looking over my shoulder.
I don't know if any of you have had the pleasure, but I've just read a story written a few months ago by Dave Barry about his colonoscopy. I know it's the kiss of death to say this, but I'm saying it anyway: It's one of the funniest things I've ever read.
Loggins & Messina:
Your Andruw can't play and Your Pierre can't throw or hit
Your Andruw can't play and Your Pierre can't throw or hit
When game time rolls around and it's time for JoJo the Clown
Who do you know that just won't blow?
The old vets say that should seen us way back when
Now they swing too late cuz they passed their expiration date since then
There just ain't no excusin' and you know you're gonna lose and never win
I'll say it again
And it's all because
Your Andruw can't play and Your Pierre can't throw or hit
Your Andruw can't play and Your Pierre can't throw or hit
When game time rolls around and it's time for JoJo the Clown
Who do you know that just won't blow?
You settle on a line up you think is gonna work
You're manager replaces Andre cause you know he's quite the jerk
You're bustin' out your groove and you're thinking it's a breeze
There's a pull and a cry, and the Conte guy says,
"Your on the DL Nomar!"
With Raffy, Schmidty, and Benny too!
And it's all because
Your Andruw can't play and Your Pierre can't throw or hit
Your Andruw can't play and Your Pierre can't throw or hit
When game time rolls around and it's time for JoJo the Clown
Who do you know that just won't blow?
Who do you know that just won't blow?
Who do you know that just won't blow?
Nice one, E!
I don't think we've heard from the Stones yet…..
I can't get no satisfaction
I can't get no satisfaction
'Cause I try and I try and I try and I try
I can't get no, I can't get no
When I'm drivin' in my car
And a man comes on the radio
He's telling me more and more
That I'm a useless frigin' GM
Frank should be firin' me in the PM
I can't get no, oh no no no
Hey hey hey, that's what I say
I can't get no satisfaction
I can't get no satisfaction
'Cause I try and I try and I try and I try
I can't get no, I can't get no
When I'm watchin' my PC
And a blogger signs on to tell me
My trades are bad as sin
But he doesn't know how tough it is
When you can't remember your login
I can't get no, oh no no no
Hey hey hey, that's what I say
I can't get no satisfaction
I can't get no blogger lovin'
'Cause I try and I try and I try and I try
I can't get no, I can't get no
When I'm tryin' my level best
To get this team to the greatness
Of the one that I just left
Wait, didn't I see that the Giants just cut
some clown can't hit his weight?
I can sign him…..for the minimum
Hey hey hey, that's what I say
I can't get no, I can't get no
I can't get no satisfaction
No satisfaction, no satisfaction, no satisfaction
Whoa Nelly!! well done!!
Just catching up on things. Definitely have to wonder if Josh shares our humor with others in the front office. But we don't have to wonder why Ned never comes on here anymore!!
How do we know Ned isn't logged in as one of us??????????? Has anybody in here ever seen Ned and jhall in the same room? Or martinloneykemp? Or even myself?????????????????????
You might have something there, kahli. Wasn't there some clown the other day advocating getting rid of Andre? Maybe someone with a clever code name? It might have 'dodgers' in it. Maybe someone in the PublicAddress department. PossiblyAnal. ProbablyAnnoying. Definitely not ProAndre.
That's funny eric!
dodgereric, you're right! I DO remember someone advocating Andre's departure. I think we all need to keep a close watch. Trouble is, Ned has now been alerted. And he MUST be more clever at deception than he is at building a roster….
Ned's quite diabolical you know. First the D's, then onto the Snakes, Rox and Puds so that the Gints will rise to the top. As evidenced, it really doesn't take that long to bring down a franchise…
enchanted, what flavor of kool-aid do you suppose Ned will use to get these owners to hire him? For that matter, i wonder what flavor Frank was drinking????
Let's go Dodgers now
All the kids are awesome now
Baseball Safari with me
Late afternoon we'll be heading out
Some honeys will be comin' along
We're loading up our Woody with our jerseys inside
And headin' out singing our song
Come on baby, wait and see, yes
I'm gonna to take you to Chavez Ravine
Yes baby, wait and see
I'm gonna take you to Chavez Ravine
Let's go Dodgers now
All the kids are awesome now
Baseball Safari with me
Martin and Kemp are inspirin' fear
Andy is waitin' below
We're goin' to the World Series this year
If we can just convince JoJo
Come on baby, wait and see, yes
I'm gonna to take you to Chavez Ravine
Yes baby, wait and see
I'm gonna take you to Chavez Ravine
Let's go Dodgers now
All the kids are awesome now
Baseball Safari with me
They're singlin' and doublin' in Dodger Blue
DeWitt is in a groove
I tell ya Bills is throwin' bbs
And Kershaw throwin' a curve
That breaks from Hawaii to the shores of Peru
Come on baby, wait and see, yes
I'm gonna to take you to Chavez Ravine
Yes baby, wait and see
I'm gonna take you to Chavez Ravine
Let's go Dodgers now
All the kids are awesome now
Baseball Safari with me
Oh Baseball Safari
Yeah Baseball Safari
(Fade out)
The Beach Boys.
You all are so talented! Do you take requests? If so and if it has not being done yet, how about one with the song "Imagine"? thank you in advance…i hope, i hope.
Fabulous job on the songs eric and enchanted,and Kahli, the dialogue had me rollin'
Been out doing last minute rehearsals for our show tomorrow – thanks for the kudos – like I said, this is too much fun. You are right jhall, it's addictive!!
I think it will challenge us more if we think somebody is watching – PA and Joey trying to trip us up – hmmm!! Maybe it is Ned and Joe in a room together – lol!
eric – got the pictures today – I just read most of your letter to them (I only have one student this year who's parents are Gnat fans). They were very inspired by the things you said. I think what I did most this year is show them they can love a sport (baseball) and not necessarily have to be good at playing it. I am a prime example – I sucked at softball, and ended up swimming and playing water polo, but my love of baseball never died down.
gotta get back to work, just wanted to do a quick check in – 4 days of school and counting (However, this is a great class, and I will miss them dearly). However, no school, means more songs – lol!! My head is spinning just thinking about the millions of songs that I know.
I seem to remeber an "Imagine" takeoff. It seems like it was pretty early on in this parody insanity.
Was thinking about my favorite band and realized John Lennon, besides being a musical genius, was also a psychic, having already penned a song about Ned 31 years ago…long before anyone ever knew!!! Without a doubt, we now know what John meant:
"Living is easy with eyes closed,
misunderstanding all you see…"
recess time
czblue – they do take requests. Yesterday they did Billy Joel and Elton John by my request – this group has a very big genre pool of music likes.
Nice one MLK – Beach Boys –
Beach Boys are being done for our show next year, along with Jan and Dean and the Mama's and the Papa's – these teachers I work with are incredible!! We haven't even finished the Beatles, and we are already planning for next year.
I have rapidly Dodgerized the 5-year-old son and 8-year-old daughter of some friends who recently immigrated from Ecuador. The little girl chose baseball as her theme for an oral book presentation. Among other things, she'll be singing "The James Loney Song" during the presentation.
MartinLoneKemp, are you a teacher?
Imagine there's no Ned
It's pleasant if you try
No Phew among us
Andre on the rise
Imagine our young guns
Playing everyday
Imagine there's no Nomore
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to bitch and moan at
And no Bloiaza too
Imagine our infield
Making all the plays
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm Not the only one
I hope someday Joe will join us
And the Dodgers can be number 1
Imagine there's no Andruw
I wonder if you can
No need to sit Andre
A much better man
Imagine our outfield
The same everyday
You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday Frank will wake up
And Ned is finally gone
By firstname.lastname@example.com on May 12, 2008 3:47 PM
Does Tony Jackson have the lineup yet? We need Raffy back for the next homestand. I think our starting pitching will be great for the rest of the year with Kersh up. We just need or offense to come through and show some consistency.
I used to be an elementary school teacher, mostly 1st and 2nd grade. Right now I've just graduated law school and am "studying" (belied by my appearance here) for the California bar exam.
ML cannonballs into the deep end!! Good one!!
Emma, I believe jhall's the one that did Imagine, perhaps if he still has it somewhere we can get him to reprise it for you.
Can you imagine anyone finding this blog for the first time!!??
MartinLoneyKemp, cool although I think I would have a hard time handling that job. Good luck on the exam. BTW, sorry for getting off topic but for those of you in So Cal, which local school do the students seem to like best? I'm looking at USC, Pepperdine, and University of San Diego. Any recommendations/information.
They'd have us all in straitjackets.
LMAO guys. The songs are bitchin'!!! You guys are prolific today.
Just read that article about DeWitt possibly seeing some time a 2B. That would be awesome. Loney, DeWitt, Furcal, LaRoche.
MLK – that is wonderful!!!!!!
We did something similar for Andre – I sent copies of the stuff we did for him to the stadium in hopes he would see them. You should have her send copies to James and see if he gets them.
Just the things the dodgereric sent makes the kids feel like they are a part of something fun and exciting.
BTW eric – Our custodian, who's a gnat fan, loved the pictures!! Anybody who is a baseball fan should, regardless of their loyalties. Also, what an accomplishment – 108 Boy Scouts – WOW!!
Nelly, what grade do you teach?
Well that series vs the Cubs sucked. I live 4 miles from Wrigley and that place use to be fun to go too. Now, its a frat party with terrible fans. Standing in the damn 4th inning on a full count to Derek Lowe and then me getting some beer thrown at me. Unreal, most pathetic crying fans I have ever heard. Pretty funny actually.
Well, hope we can start a winning streak in Shea tonight.
See, czblue – I knew one of them would!!! jhall, you are too much!!!
BTW, I don't know if you guys remember him but has anyone heard anything from diehard? I've sent him a couple of emails but he never returned them. I haven't seen his name on the blog since last season.
First grade – we have 4 days of school left!
I hate the METS!
Thanks Nelly. I guess we're bringing back the oldies. LOL
Nelly, we have next week then finals week, so because I live on the east coast I will be unable to see the night dodgers games during finals week. =(
I'll assume you're talking about undergrad.
Each of the schools you mentioned has a lot going for it..
USC of course is a great, or at least near-great university by almost any measure. Unfortunately, it's located in a terrible neighborhood. Still everyone I know who went there seems very happy to have gone. And it does have the significant advantage over the other two of being close to Dodger Stadium (20 minutes or less would be my guess).
Pepperdine has arguably the most beautiful natural setting of any university in the world. It is set on a hill above the curving shoreline above Malibu. The school has a very good reputation. It is somewhat isolated from the more populated parts of L.A. so that is an upside or a downside depending on your preference. Drive to Dodger Stadium? I estimate 30-45 minutes.
University of San Diego is a Catholic School set on a hill above San Diego not far from Sea World. It also has a very nice natural setting above San Diego Bay. I don't know as much about the quality of the school other than the Law School which is quite good — easily the best law school in San Diego. Driving time to Dodger Stadium? About 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 hours depending on traffic. It is probably 20 minutes to DogFood Park.
swood – what grade do you teach?
MLK – wow – teacher turned attorney, both very difficult jobs – fantastic! – why did you leave teaching, if I may ask?
there is a new thread – Kent is playing – 😦
No dead vet party for him, yet – lol!!
2 quick outs, then this.


text:
Ground Zero: Osmania University Arts College
Osmania University symbolizes history of this region. It was the only university of this region before Independence built during Nizam regime. And today, the Arts College fountains and lawns with the historic façade of the building in the background become the Ground Zero for Telangana Movement. From here, the student body of all Telangana universities and colleges control and spearhead the movement. Every politician worth his salt has to prove himself on this hallowed ground. The elected leaders come here to get their fame and legitimacy. They need to be endorsed in this place so that they can be part of Telangana Movement. If they are rejected, like the way the students kicked a TDP MLA, Nagam Janardhana Reddy, then they are booed by the rest of Telangana.
Anyone who visits this place cannot help but feel charged. The atmosphere is electric. You visit this ground, see the students talking and educating the others on the plight of Telangana, hear them singing the ballads which is one of the hallmarks of Telangana culture, you cannot have any more doubts about formation of Telangana. It is bound to happen, and it is palpable here- the passion, the ardor, the optimism is in the air. Their fight will not go in vain.
Of course, it looks like a battleground, with shattered glasses, broken furniture on the ground, with Rapid Action Force battalions standing some distance away, with news channels permanently stationed with their vans topped by satellite dishes.
After I met the people who are carrying out this Movement on the battlefield, it is very clear that they don't need further education on plight of Telangana. In fact, I stand in front of them to hear what they have to say. They give out facts, they have statistics, they have accounts of history on their lips. You don't have to convince them. They are out there to convince you.
This is undoubtedly a people's movement. Many people of Telangana, students, even a young boy whom I met in a different context seem to roll out statistics. It almost looks like every Telangana protestor knows what he is fighting for. They don't talk about KCR or TRS. It is all about water, it is about jobs, it is about injustice, and it is about loss of self-respect, discrimination and marginalization.
Hitec City: IT Protests
Today, I have witnessed the commitment of the IT professionals of Telangana people. This was headed by Telangana IT Forum (TITF). Some of the members have resigned their jobs to dedicate themselves to this cause 100% of their time. The agitation was carried out in front of the Hitec City building in Hyderabad, the symbol of IT industry in this city.
Once the protests started, the media was there within the first few minutes. The agitators explained that they support separation of Telangana and professed their faith in a vibrant IT industry in the new state and dismissed the rumors of industry fleeing the city as mere blackmail. And within few minutes after that, the police arrived and arrested the protestors and herded them into the jeeps
Many policemen are however sympathizers of Telangana Movement. One of them explained that the whole process will take few hours and that there is nothing to worry. He added, 'why should you worry? You are fighting for a just cause'.
The protestors did not stop chanting 'Jai Telangana' and singing the songs even inside the police custody. The media appeared again to interview the protestors inside the police compound. After 2-3 hours of custody during which the formalities were done, including the mug shots, the agitators were let go.
I was hoping that there would be much bigger show of strength. Some of the IT professionals explained that though there was much wider support for the cause not many of them showed up for the protests. Many of them are shy or afraid to admit they support a separate Telangana. They feel they will have to pay the price in IT industry during yearly valuations and increments if they disclose their support. I still believe that that there should no fear or embarrassment to show one's support for a just cause.
Fun Protests
Many towns of Telangana have seen fun-filled protests. Some of them were playing cricket, some played kho-kho and kabaddi. Even women were playing these games. They were doing this on the streets and roads with loud cheering from everyone around them. Protestors occasionally launched into Telangana ballads and songs. I am happy to see this picnicking on the streets.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Property of an optical system that causes an image to have certain easily recognisable flaws. Aberrations are caused by geometrical factors such as the shapes of surfaces, their spacing, and alignments. Image problems caused by factors such as scratches or contamination are not called aberrations.
Absolute zero
The lowest temperature ever reachable in the Universe: 0 kelvin (0K), equivalent to minus 273.15 degrees Celsius (-273.15 °C). In laboratories on Earth physicists can get very close to that temperature, but it is impossible to achieve the absolute zero.
Decrease in intensity of radiation, when it crosses a material medium, as a consequence of an interaction between the radiation and the material medium.
Relative number of atoms of a particular element, or isotope of an element, in the chemical composition of a single substance or object.
Oscillatory mechanical system measuring the acceleration of the body to which it is attached.
Accretion (disc, zone)
Process whereby small particles of matter accumulate and create larger bodies under the influence of their mutual gravitational attraction or as a result of chance collisions.
Active galactic nucleus (AGN)
Central region of a galaxy in which considerable energy is generated by processes other than those present in normal stars. The energy generated by the nucleus may outshine all the other stars in the galaxy. Most astronomers believe that at the centre of an AGN lies a supermassive black hole.
Active galaxy
A galaxy which releases large amounts of energy from its centre, the active galactic nucleus. The central engine of an active galaxy probably is a supermassive black hole. Seyfert galaxies, quasars and blazars are active galaxies.
The study of the atmosphere of a planet, with particular attention to the composition, properties and motion of atmosphere constituents.
A gaseous suspension of ultramicroscopic particles of a liquid or a solid.
Aerosol collector
An instrument that collects aerosols and analyzes their composition.
Best known variable star, varying in brightness from about 2.2 to 3.5 magnitudes over a period of approximately 69 hours. It is in fact a binary system in which the two stars regularly cross in front of each other as viewed from Earth. Also known as the Demon Star.
Process of mounting optical elements and adjusting their positions and orientations so that light follows exactly the desired path through the instrument and each optical element performs its function as planned.
Height in space of an object or point relative to sea level or ground level.
Unit to measure length, sometimes used to measure the wavelength of light. (See also Electromagnetic spectrum). 10 000 Angstroms correspond to 1 micron.
Anisotropy, Inhomogeneity (in the cosmic microwave background) Very small patches in the sky where the temperature of the cosmic microwave background is slightly different to the average; these temperature variations are of the order of microkelvin.
Antenna (high gain, low gain)
An aerial for receiving or transmitting radio signals. A high gain antenna is highly focused, whereas a low gain antenna receives or transmits over a wide angle.
The 'opposite' to ordinary matter. For every particle of ordinary matter there is an almost identical antiparticle of antimatter: protons and antiprotons; electrons and positrons... the particle's mass is exactly the same as its antiparticle's mass, but their electrical charges - and other fundamental properties - are opposite. When a particle meets its antiparticle, they annihilate each other.
Opening that allows light to fall onto an instrument's optics.
The point on a planet's elliptical orbit at which it is furthest from the Sun.
The point on a spacecraft's orbit at which it is furthest away from the body it is orbiting.
The most distant point from Earth on a satellite's orbit.
Arcmin, arcsec
The size of an object in the sky can be measured by the angle that it covers when viewed from Earth. The full circle has 360 degrees. An arcmin is 1/60 of a degree; an arcsec is 1/60 of an arcmin or 1/3600 of a degree. The diameter of the full Moon is about one-half of a degree or 30 arcmin.
A chemical element, (symbol Ar, atomic number 18).
Ariane (4, 5) rockets
European launcher family (Ariane 4 and Ariane 5) developed by the European Space Agency. Launched from Kourou, French Guiana, flights are commercialised and operated by the Arianespace company.
One of billions of rocky objects, less than 1000 km in diameter, which orbit the Sun. Also known as minor planets. Thought to be planetesimals leftover from the formation of the planets. The first asteroid (Ceres) was discovered by Giuseppe Piazzi in 1801. More than 10 000 asteroids have so far been discovered and given permanent identification numbers. The largest asteroid is 2001 KX76 with a diameter of at least 1200 km.
Asteroid belt
Region between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter which is populated by billions of asteroids.
Failure of an optical system, such as a lens or a mirror, to image a point source of light as a single point.
The branch of astronomy concerned with measuring the positions of celestial bodies, such as stars and galaxies, and their real and apparent motions.
Orientation of the spacecraft's axes relative to Earth.
Astronomical Unit (AU)
1 Astronomical Unit corresponds to the distance separating the Earth from the Sun. 1AU=150 million km.
Study of the space beyond the Earth and of its contents.
Study of the physical nature of the Universe, its objects and the composition of the space between them.
Layer of gases surrounding a star or planet.
Illumination of the night sky, caused when electrons and protons from space collide with atoms and molecules of air in the Earth's upper atmosphere. Satellite observations usually show them as rings centred on the planet's magnetic poles. Popularly known as the Northern and Southern Lights. Various types of aurora are also found on Jupiter, its moon Ganymede, and Saturn.


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Hallo, gentlemen!
George Clooney, Matt Damon, John Goodman and Bill Murray grabbed dinner Friday in Berlin. While all four guys looked handsomely casual as they made their way down the steps, we'd have to award Clooney best-dressed for his jeans and leather jacket.
Damon, Goodman and Murray have all been cast in The Monuments Men, an upcoming film written and directed by Clooney. The story centers on a crew of art experts united to recover Nazi-stolen works before Hitler destroys them.
Sounds like a powerful story with one very strong cast!


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Keeping Cool in the Server Room
As companies continue to cram more processing into the same amount of real estate, it becomes increasingly challenging to get rid of the excess heat.
|As more processing power gets crammed into the same amount of real estate, it is becoming increasingly challenging to get rid of excess heat. The latest solution -- water.
"It used to be that 50 watts per square foot was very dense; but now we are doing 200-300 watts per square foot without blinking an eye, and there is talk of going to even more dense configurations," said Vali Sorrell, senior associate at the Syska Hennessey Group of New York City, who specializes in data center cooling. "That starts putting more strain on the infrastructure to deliver airflow that can do that level of cooling."
Hot spots are only the half of it. Left uncontrolled, heat has become a limiting factor in data centers expansion.
"Five years ago, I stayed up nights worrying about how space constraints would hinder my business and data center growth," said Wayne Rasmussen, data center manager for CDW Berbee, a managed services provider with enterprise data centers in Madison, Wisc. and Milwaukee. "But with form factors shrinking, concerns about space were replaced by concerns about heat density."
As the pressure to increase cooling efficiency has intensified significantly, it isn't surprising to see liquid cooling make a comeback. Coupled with compact, modular systems designed to address local hot spots, IT managers can add more computing power without overheating.
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"With the tremendous heat loads, we have to get rid of the heat more efficiently, which means getting the cooling closer to where the heat is generated," said Robert McFarlane, principal of Shen Milsom & Wilke, an international high-tech consulting firm headquartered in New York City. "In general, this means running something out there that will remove the heat water or refrigerant."
Back in April, IBM announced that its new System p5 575 was using water-cooled copper plates situated immediately above the processors to remove the heat. This enables Big Blue to place 448 processor cores in a single rack, delivering five times the performance of earlier models while cutting electrical consumption 60 percent.
IBM has two other water-cooled offerings. On a large scale, the Data Center Stored Cooling Solution chills water during off-peak hours when temperatures and power prices are lower. It stores the chilled water until needed to cool the data center during higher demand times. On a smaller scale, the Rear Door Heat eXchaner is a 4-inch deep unit mounted on hinges to the back of a server rack that provides up to 50,000 BTUs of cooling.
Other vendors have similarly incorporated liquid cooling into their offerings. Emerson Network Power's Liebert XD system, for example, uses a liquid refrigerant to cool server racks; Knurr AG's CoolTherm mounts a water-cooled heat exchanger on the bottom panel of racks; and Egenera's CoolFrame technology combines Liebert's XD system with Egenera's BladeFrame EX design. Getting even closer to the processors, ISR's SprayCool M-Series places modules inside the servers that spray a coolant mist directly on the CPUs. Finally, NEC and Hitachi offer liquid cooled hard drives that allow the drives to be fully enclosed to reduce noise levels.
Going Modular
Another development has been the increasing use of modular, fully enclosed server systems, frequently incorporating liquid cooling. This includes container computing systems such as Sun's Modular Datacenter S20 (formerly Project Blackbox), Rackable System's ICE Cube and Verari's Forest. Microsoft raised the standard further in this area when it announced it is building a $500 million data center in the Chicago area that will contain 150 to 200 containers (called C-blocks), each housing 1,000 to 2,000 servers.
Similar approaches, however, can be taken inside existing buildings, using enclosures from American Power Conversion Corporation (APC) or Liebert. Last year, for example, the High Performance Computing Center (HPCC) at Stanford University's School of Engineering needed to install a new 1,800 core, 14 Teraflop supercomputer.
"The campus data center could provide us with only about 5kW per rack and enough cooling for that amount of equipment," said HPCC manager Steve Jones. "We go a lot more dense than that, about 20kW per rack, so they were not able to meet our needs."
Rather than going to the time and expense of building out data center space, Jones took over an underutilized computer laboratory and used APC's InfraStruXure system, which incorporates power and cooling into the racks. The campus facilities group ran cold water piping and power to the room, and teams from APC, Dell (Round Rock, Texas) and Clustercorp (San Jose, Calif.) installed the racks and servers. The process took 11 days from the arrival of the equipment to the cluster going live.
CDW Berbee took a similar approach in expanding capacity at its 12,000 square foot data center. To eliminate hot spots, it installed eight 20kW Liebert XDH horizontal row coolers and a 160kW Liebert XDC coolant chiller.
"All my systems are now working at a consistent level," said Rasmussen. "For the most part, we are keeping them all at 72ºF."
McFarlane said that although there are installations that go completely with self-contained liquid cooled cabinets, they are mostly used to address particular problems such as CDW faced.
"I have dealt with smaller data centers 20 to 30 cabinets where it was decided that doing the entire data center in liquid-cooled cabinets made sense," he said. "But when you start getting up into the hundreds or thousands of cabinets in a large data center, we have far better solutions today than to do the entire room in liquid cooled cabinets."
Opening the Windows
While there is growth in sealing off the server environments, the opposite is also occurring. ESTECH International's (Fairfax, Va.) Millennium Series Chiller Optimizer, for example, uses outside air economizers to limit the need for chillers or air conditioning units. These monitor the internal and external environmental conditions and decide what proportion of outside air can be used to achieve optimum cooling efficiency.
"If a facility is well designed and the return air is pretty hot, the outside temperature will be more favorable for energy than the return air from the hot aisles," Sorrell said. "You have the choice to switch to outside air and keep the chiller plant operating, or as the outside air temperature drops even more, you have the option to save even more money by turning off the chiller plant."
Outside air quality is usually clean enough to use in the data center, although it will have to be filtered. Using an outside air optimizer also provides a backup cooling solution in case the primary fails.
"If for any reason you lose your chiller plant you will be able to use outside air at almost any hour in most parts of the country," said Sorrell. "Even if the outside air is 90 degrees, the data center equipment will not fail on you if you have an excursion of an hour or two at that temperature."


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Top Health Frauds
This information was compiled by the FDA in 1989. Some categories were selected because they posed serious harm, whereas others were chosen because they fool large numbers of people. Dr. Barrett updated the section on baldness remedies in 1999.
Fraudulent Arthritis Products
Arthritis affects some 40 million Americans, 95% of whom "are likely to engage in some form of self-treatment even after they have seen a physician," says the National Council Against Health Fraud's president, William Jarvis. Copper bracelets, Chinese herbal remedies, large doses of vitamins, snake or bee venom just don't work. Because the symptoms of arthritis go into remission periodically, individuals who try these unproven remedies may associate the remedy with the remission.
Spurious Cancer Clinics
These clinics, many of them in Mexico, promise miracle cures. Treatments use unproven and ineffective substances such as Laetrile (derived from apricot kernels) and vitamins and minerals. People who go to these clinics often abandon legitimate cancer treatments. This is particularly tragic in the case of young children because some of their cancers (such as leukemia or Hodgkin's disease) are highly curable through legitimate treatment.
Bogus AIDS Cures
Victims of incurable diseases are especially vulnerable to the promises of charlatans. AIDS is a prime example. Underground or "guerrilla clinics" offering homemade treatments have sprung up in the United States, the Caribbean, and Europe.
Instant Weight-Loss Schemes
With an estimated 25% of the American population overweight, quacks selling weight-loss gimmicks have a sizable market for their wares. Unfortunately, there is no quick way to lose weight. According to National Council Against Health Fraud's Jarvis, fraudulent weight-loss schemes are usually heralded by full-page newspaper ads promising rapid, dramatic and easy weight loss or by single news column ads that look like news stories except that the word "advertisement" is written across the top. Radio and TV ads typically list 800 telephone numbers to facilitate credit card charges and private parcel deliveries. This allows promoters to circumvent the postal service's laws against mail fraud, Jarvis says. Some of the latest gimmicks in instant weight-loss plans have included skin patches, herbal capsules, grapefruit diet pills, and Chinese magic weight-loss earrings.
Fraudulent Sexual Aids.
Products promoted to enhance libido and sexual pleasure are not new. FDA officials recently cracked down on an entrepreneur selling Chinese "Crocodile Penis Pills" purportedly prepared according to a 2,000-year-old formula for rejuvenating male sexual prowess.
The FDA says no nonprescription drug ingredients have been proven safe or effective as aphrodisiacs and has acted to ban these products. Over-the-counter products that claim to increase the size of a man's penis or cure impotence or frigidity don't work. Serious health risks are associated with the use of such purported aphrodisiacs as cantharides ("Spanish fly"), a chemical derived from the dried bodies of beetles. Other ingredients of similar OTC products include strychnine (a poison), mandrake and yohimbine (poisonous plants), licorice, zinc, and the herbs anise and fennel.
Although male sex hormones, available by prescription, do influence libido and sexual performance, they have potentially serious side effects and should only be used under a physician's supervision. The agency advises that people with sexual problems should not attempt to medicate themselves but rather should seek treatment by a medical professional.
Quack Baldness Remedies and Other Appearance Modifiers
Entrepreneurs make millions of dollars trying to convince consumers to buy their versions of the fountain of youth, whether it be a remedy to grow hair or prevent its loss, a cream that removes wrinkles, or a device to "develop" the bust. Two drug products have been approved for growing hair on balding men: minoxidil (Rogaine, available in both prescription and nonprescription strengths) and Propecia ( a prescription drug). And this approval is only for a specific type of baldness. FDA has acted to ban the sale of all other nonprescription hair creams, lotions, or other external product claiming to grow hair or prevent baldness. None of these products has been shown to work. So-called breast developers have also been used by millions of women who want larger breasts. But, as the experts point out, these devices do not increase breast size.
False Nutritional Schemes
Many Americans whose diets are not nutritionally balanced may be persuaded that some "perfect" food or product will make up for all their nutritional shortcomings. Various food products-- such as bee pollen, over-the-counter herbal remedies, and wheat germ capsules--are promoted as sure-fire cures for various diseases. Though usually not harmful, neither have these products been proven beneficial.
Unproven Use of Muscle Stimulators
Muscle stimulators are a legitimate medical device approved for certain conditions--to relax muscle spasms, increase blood circulation, prevent blood clots, and rehabilitate muscle function after a stroke. But within the past few years health spas and figure salons have promoted new uses. They claim that muscle stimulators can remove wrinkles, perform face lifts, reduce breast size, and remove cellulite. Some even claim these handy little devices can reduce one's beer belly without the aid of sit-ups! FDA considers promotion of muscle stimulators used for these conditions to be fraudulent.
Candidiasis Hypersensitivity
Candida (also known as monilia) is a fungus found naturally in small amounts in the warm moist areas of the body such as the mouth, intestinal tract, and vagina. When the body's resistance is weakened, the fungus can multiply and infect the skin or mucous membranes. More serious infection occurs in individuals whose resistance has been weakened by other illnesses.
However, some promoters assert that approximately 30% of Americans suffer from "candidiasis hypersensitivity," which they say triggers everything from fatigue to constipation, diarrhea, depression and anxiety, impotence, infertility, and menstrual problems. To correct the problem, promoters recommend anti-fungal drugs and vitamin and mineral supplements.
The American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology says the existence of such a syndrome has not been proven and the numerous symptoms credited to "candidiasis hypersensitivity" could be due to any number of illnesses.
This page was revised on April 5, 1999.


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It's easy to fall in love with Wellington.
There's just something about New Zealand's capital city that can enchant any visitor, not just on one of its legendary 'good days' but even when the wind is blowing.
Nestled between steep green hills and a beautiful natural harbour, Wellington's city centre boasts all manner of delights, whether you're after a hedonistic shopping and dining extravaganza or an eye-opening cultural experience. Its well-developed waterfront area is a recreational paradise, with wide paths, intriguing sculptures, a poetry walk, plenty of seating and a fantastic children's playground at Frank Kitts Park.
Cultural highlights include must-visit institutions like Te Papa (New Zealand's national museum), the City Gallery, and the award-winning Museum of Wellington City & Sea. Wellington has many fascinating examples of classic architecture – see the iconic Beehive, New Zealand's main parliamentary building, and the Old Government Buildings, the largest wooden building in the Southern Hemisphere. Visit Old Saint Paul's Cathedral, a fine example of Revival Gothic architecture.
Browse the shops along posh Lambton Quay or funky Cuba Street, home to the beloved Bucket Fountain. Choose from a myriad of bars and eateries in the nightlife and theatre district between Cuba and Courtenay Place, from the swanky Logan Brown to the finger-licking comfort food of Sweet Mother's Kitchen.
Film buffs have plenty to love in Wellington – it's the home of the famous Weta Workshop, several areas in the region were used as locations for the lord of the rings film, and it was here that world premieres were held for the Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, King Kong and the first film in the Hobbit trilogy.
While the city is compact in design and many key Wellington attractions can be reached by foot, a great way to find your bearings and get a real feel for the city is to take a half-day sightseeing tour by coach.
Stand atop the summit of Mount Victoria and savour sweeping views over the city and across the harbour. See the Wellington Botanic Gardens, where lush native bush and stunning rose gardens are spread over 25 hectares, intermixed with sculptural artworks, playgrounds and water features.
Just outside the city are numerous beaches and bays, each with their own distinct character. Some are windswept and rocky; others have calm shores and fine golden sand. Journey along its most beautiful coastal areas: Oriental Bay, the inner-city beach fringed by terraced houses and restaurants, and around the Miramar Peninsula and southern coastline. See the picturesque seaside suburb of Seatoun, as well as Pencarrow and the Baring Head Lighthouse, while enjoying unobstructed views of Wellington's harbour entrance. On a clear day you'll be able to see all the way across Cook Strait to the Kaikoura Ranges in the South Island.


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As she paraded onto the Country Music Video Awards stage last night, Shania's balance failed her and she tumbled onto the ground. Immediately after the show ended, she filmed a quick video response to the fall and sent it of into the internet abyss.
While it was quite a nasty spill that definitely looked like it hurt, Shania's clip suggests that she's doing just fine: "I didn't hurt myself, I have a bit of a sore thumb and that's it." She places the blame not on a lack of coordination, a slippery stage, or blinding light — but her shoes. And she wants to get the god-forsaken footwear out of her sight as quickly as possible: "I'm gonna auction off those shoes, actually, I want to get rid of them as soon as I can. I never want to see those shoes again." Here's a thought: if we all know said shoes are prone to accidents, who's going to cough up the money to buy them?


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Dr. David Suzuki is a Canadian scientist who writes popular science chiefly for Canadians. We in the U.S. might do well to pay more attention to him.
Below, his e-mail newsletter/column, with observations about the 50 years of science progress since his graduation from college. FYI.
Dear Friend:
Here's your weekly Science Matters column by David Suzuki with Faisal Moola.
What a difference 50 years makes
Last month, I attended the 50th anniversary of my college graduation. A week later, I celebrated my grandson's graduation from high school. I don't think I was much different from the kids in my grandson's class when I went away to college in 1954 (give or take a few rings and tattoos). Like them, I was filled with trepidation but also excitement about testing my physical and intellectual abilities beyond high school. But my how the world has changed in 50 years!
I began my last year of college in 1957. On October 4 that year, the Soviet Union electrified the world by successfully launching a satellite, Sputnik 1, into space. Little did we dream that out of the ensuing space race between the U.S.S.R. and the U.S.A. would come 24-hour television news channels, cellphones, and GPS navigation. In 1958, the only trans-Atlantic phone lines were cables laid on the ocean floor, so phone calls to England had to be booked hours or sometimes days in advance. I flew from Toronto to a roommate's wedding in San Francisco on a propeller plane that made several stops during the 22-hour trip.
In 1958, scientists were still debating about whether genetic material was DNA or protein, we didn't know how many chromosomes humans have or that the Y chromosome determines sex, and the Green Revolution was yet to come. Polio was still a problem in North America, smallpox killed hundreds of thousands annually, and oral contraceptives, photocopiers, personal computers, colour TV, and DVDs didn't exist. In 1958, parts of the Amazon, Congo, and New Guinea had not been explored. We were yet to learn of species extinction, depletion of fish in the oceans, the effects of CFCs on the ozone layer, acid rain, global warming, PCBs, and dioxins.
In half a century our lives have been transformed by scientific, medical, and technological advances, as well as a host of environmental problems. No one deliberately set out to undermine the planet's life-support systems or tear communities apart, but those have been the consequences of our enormous economic and technological "success" over the past five decades. Beset by vast problems of wealth discrepancy, environmental issues, poverty, terror, genocide, and prejudice, we are trying to weave our way into an uncertain future.
I began speaking out on television in 1962 because I was shocked by the lack of understanding of science at a time when science as applied by industry, medicine, and the military was having such a profound impact on our lives. I felt we needed more scientific understanding if we were to make informed decisions about the forces shaping our lives. Today, thanks to computers and the Internet, and television, radio, and print media, we have access to more information than humanity has ever had. To my surprise, this access has not equipped us to make better decisions about such matters as climate change, peak oil, marine depletion, species extinction, and global pollution. That's largely because we now have access to so much information that we can find support for any prejudice or opinion.
Don't want to believe in evolution? No problem – you can find support for intelligent design and creationism in magazines, on websites, and in all kinds of books written by people with PhDs. Want to believe aliens came to Earth and abducted people? It's easy to find theories about how governments have covered up information on extraterrestrial aliens. Think human-induced climate change is junk science? Well, if you choose to read only certain national newspapers and magazines and listen only to certain popular commentators on television or radio, you'll never have to change your mind. And so it goes. The challenge today is that there is a huge volume of information out there, much of it biased or deliberately distorted. As I think about my grandson, his hopes and dreams and the immense issues my generation has bequeathed him, I realize what he and all young people need most are the tools of skepticism, critical thinking, the ability to assess the credibility of sources, and the humility to realize we all possess beliefs and values that must constantly be reexamined. With those tools, his generation will certainly leave a better world to its children and grandchildren 50 years from now.
Take David Suzuki's Nature Challenge and learn more at www.davidsuzuki.org.


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"…it was though a sack of bricks had been lifted from Mrs Hill's back. The future was no longer such a terrifying place. Charlotte Lucas was a steady young woman, who knew the value of a good servant, and who had far too much sense to replace staff simply for the sake of appearance or fashion. Nothing was certain, of course – for nothing is certain in this life, except that we must leave it – but Charlotte had been in and out of Mrs Hill's kitchen since she was a little girl, asking for recipes, a loan of sugar or a jelly mould, and was known to be particularly partial to Mrs Hill's lemon tarts, and indeed had on several occasions been heard to say that nobody could make a lemon tart like Mrs Hill. Back in the kitchen, Mrs Hill set about whipping up a batch of lemon tarts to send back with Sir William. These little attentions were more than worth the effort."
It is not necessary to know Pride and Prejudice to get a lot out of this story. Elizabeth is fond of walking and getting her petticoats muddy, on such excursions, she has encounters with Mr Darcy in Pride and Prejudice. In Longbourn, the focus is on Sarah and Polly getting the mud out on wash-day, with cold reddened hands and chillblains. The servants' tasks are carefully detailed, revealing the unimaginable drudgery of keeping a large household running with no running water, no sewerage, no mechanical aids and a lot of sheer hard work. Sarah takes centre stage and her story is told well, but Polly, James and the Hills all reveal their backgrounds, hopes and dreams in this sensitively imagined and satisfying read. A welcome complement to the beloved novel.


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Why You Should Recycle Your Car (and How You Can)
Automobile recycling isn't discussed much when we talk about reusing and recycling, but not for lack of potential to positively impact on the environment. If you're considering getting rid of that old jalopy, why not recycle?
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Are you a budding or experienced community gardener? The Brooklyn Queens Land Trusts's Resource Guide for Community Gardeners can support your educational and community-building goals for stewarding community gardens!
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The Ocean by the Park Tree Club, a 2014, 2015, 2017, and 2018 Love Your Block grant recipient based in Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn, has designed and is making avaiable fantastic tree bed waste reduction signs for download! Instructions are included!
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While Congress is busy working on healthcare reform, policymakers are reluctant to admit that many of our nation's health problems are linked to practices subsidized by taxpayers. An American diet heavily dependent on corn and corn-derivatives is linked to obesity, coronary heart disease, high blood pressure, type II diabetes, constipation, joint pain, and other ailments. The tragic irony is that government subsidizes the low-cost production of the corn-based, unhealthy foods that make many people sick. Now the Obama administration wants to give these same policymakers responsibility for our healthcare.
According to the Environmental Workers Group, corn subsidies in the United States totaled $56.2 billion from 1995-2006. This government intervention has encouraged the widespread use of corn syrup as a sweetener in many manufactured foods. Yet many of the unhealthiest foods are those with the highest levels of high-fructose corn syrup. In effect, government subsidies have made unhealthy foods extremely cheap to produce. Corn syrup is now found in an unbelievable number of products ranging from salad dressing to hot dogs.
Government policymakers regularly prove themselves to be unwise decision-makers by continuing to introduce arbitrary agricultural price distortions that create incentives for producing unhealthy food through farm subsidies. Perhaps the most effective national health care initiative moving forward would be allowing markets to function so that people can make better food choices.
We cannot be good stewards of our bodies or nature if we do not have accurate information. Prices help to convey that information. For example, what would happen if the market determined actual corn prices? Not subsidizing corn would cause a needed price correction. Perhaps our hamburger value meals would adjust in price, creating disincentives to eat fast food. Without corn and other agricultural subsidies, maybe the price of meat would adjust to a point encouraging different choices benefiting us all in the long run. Maybe, for example, eating a 72-once steak at the Big Texan restaurant in Amarillo, Texas, would be too expensive to consider.
While individuals are ultimately responsible to exercise good stewardship in choosing what and how much to eat, incentives can be distorted by government meddling in the market. Dr. Barry Sears, author of Toxic Fat: When Good Fat Turns Bad, argues, "The problem lies with America's continually subsidizing of corn and soybean production." Government subsidies generate "an oversupply of cheap refined carbohydrates and cheap vegetable oils that when combined give rise to increased diet-induced inflammation." This inflammation in turn "activates the genes in people who are genetically predisposed to gain weight with relative ease," giving rise to all the health problems connected to excessive weight. Medical spending for obesity is estimated to have reached $147 billion in 2008, an 87 percent increase in the past decade.
The August 31, 2009, issue of Time magazine similarly noticed the corn subsidy link to America's diet and healthcare problems. The story explains why a burger, fries, and soft drink can be cheaply purchased in most fast food places for around $5 — "a bargain, given that the meal contains nearly 1,200 calories, more than half the daily recommended requirement for adults," writes Bryan Walsh. Notably, the $100 billion fast food industry and the $23 billion snack food industry are built on corn subsidized by taxpayers. Is it any wonder that these foods tend to saturate lower-income neighborhoods?
Thanks in part to government policymakers, unhealthy food is cheap and the cost of treating diet-related medical problems is exploding. There is general consensus that a healthier American diet would lead to better overall health and reduce healthcare costs.
The bottom line is this: if we want a healthier America, government should no longer subsidize farmers one penny, leaving the market free to give us the information we need to make good decisions. The Obama administration and Congress would do the country an enormous favor if it stopped asking us to assist the production of food that contributes to poor nutrition. This would be real progress toward better stewardship of our bodies, and better health.


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With Megabuild Junction, TOMY provides a new resource for showcasing layouts, providing building instructions, and inspiring fans to explore ways to combine their Chuggington StackTrack playsets and track pieces.
At Megabuild Junction, users can find helpful suggestions and tricks courtesy of Chuggington's toy team experts. Through photos and videos, they can also see what TOMY's designers and other families have created, as well as share photos of their own builds, which will be posted on TOMY's Facebook page. Users are also invited to join conversations taking place in social media.


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The Legal Description is the most comprehensive legal resource specifically designed for title insurance and settlement services professionals. Founded in 2001, The Legal Description is proud to celebrate its 10th year as the first and only full-time, independent newsroom dedicated to the legislative, regulatory and legal issues impacting our industry.
The Legal Description covers the most important federal and state legislation and regulation, and provides updates on current lawsuits, regulatory investigations, and agency guidance. Our up-to-the-minute, nationwide reporting is also designed to provide our readers with fraud prevention tactics, notary oversight ideas, best practices for e-closing procedures and more.
The Legal Description and TheLegalDescription.com are published by October Research, LLC, the nation's leading provider of market intelligence, business news and state-by-state legal and regulatory information for the mortgage, real estate and settlement services industries.
What We Do
Although The Legal Description began with the bi-weekly print publication, our coverage and delivery channels continue to evolve and expand even today. Subscribers receive 24 issues yearly and exclusive subscriber-only content, but they now also enjoy full access to TheLegalDescription.com and our extensive archive, breaking e-mail news updates, and a library of tip sheets, white papers and other resources.
The Legal Description also regularly teams with publisher October Research, LLC to produce educational online Webinars, live coverage from events like the Property Records Industry Association Annual Conference, the American Escrow Association Annual Conference and the National Notary Association Annual Conference and special reports and case law compilations.
In addition, The Legal Descriptions Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter groups have become the premier online networking and meeting places for legal-minded title and settlement professionals. Admission to our social media groups and our breaking e-News updates are always absolutely free for everyone.
Who We Serve
The Legal Description and all of its products and services are created specifically for independent title agents, attorney title agents, underwriters, real estate firms, in-house counsel, compliance officers, regulatory officials and other settlement services executives in need of up-to-date legal intelligence.
Why We Do It
The Legal Descriptions comprehensive title and settlement legal coverage gives you the knowledge to remain compliant, advise clients and make informed decisions.
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